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Pilocarpus pennatifolius
Jaborandi Jab`o*ran"di, n. (Bot.) The native name of a South American rutaceous shrub (Pilocarpus pennatifolius). The leaves are used in medicine as an diaphoretic and sialogogue.
Pilocarpus pennatifolius
Pilocarpine Pi`lo*car"pine, n. [From NL. Pilocarpus pennatifolius jaborandi; L. pilus hair + Gr. karpo`s fruit: cf. F. pilocarpine.] (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (Pilocarpus pennatifolius) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system.
Pilocarpus pennatifolius
Pilocarpine Pi`lo*car"pine, n. [From NL. Pilocarpus pennatifolius jaborandi; L. pilus hair + Gr. karpo`s fruit: cf. F. pilocarpine.] (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (Pilocarpus pennatifolius) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system.

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- (Maranham jaborandi) Pilocarpus racemosus (Guadeloupe jaborandi) Pilocarpus pennatifolius (Paraguay jaborandi) Pilocarpus ****atus (Aracati jaborandi) De Abreu...
- has species (P. jaborandi, and P. microphyllus from Brazil, and P. pennatifolius from Paraguay) from which the medicine pilocarpine, used to treat glaucoma...
- Incarvillea argyi H.Lév. ****ocyamos pinnatifidus St.-Lag. Convolvulus pennatifolius Salisb. Convolvulus pennatus Desr. Convolvulus pennifolius Drapiez Convolvulus...